Ben Van Kleek's JONAH tackles the question of life beyond our planet -- but it turns out that sometimes the truth may not always be as exciting as you hope it would be.
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Joe Dante’s homoerotic sci-fi comedy Innerspace, captured through its most crazy-ass brain-searing images.
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A Mattel-funded Barbie was never going to end patriarchy, and it would be unrealistic to think it ever could. However, Gerwig still offers a salient, at times genuine look at modern girlhood devoid of the “girlboss” narrative the film was originally saddled with, and it’s fun. Remember girlish fun? It’s been a while since girl-centric fun was at the forefront of a big studio feature.
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Dick’s satire is smart and the events, along with the fashion, remain a perfectly exaggerated depiction of the ‘70s.
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It’s as though Richard Kelly looked at the silliest parts of America circa 2002 to 2006 and cranked them all the way up, and society just saw fit to follow suit.
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Under-discussed and under-loved in the conversations around classic ‘80s action, Cobra is meaner, and more disturbing than anything Sylvester Stallone’s contemporaries were doing at the time.
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This is first and foremost Silvia and Estefania’s story (or at least a moment in their story). Filmed during the summer of 2019, we watch Silvia and Estefania pass the days as young people usually do: With wanderings, musings on their future and past, and lots and lots of stupid jokes and inside references with themselves and friends. Hummingbirds is a living piece. There’s no grand message or point except that of what comes out of seeing people’s lives play out on screen.
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A cap to Schrader’s latest trilogy sees the writer-director examining arguably his most repugnant leading man with surprising grace.
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A love of film and a compelling lead character makes The Hard Goodnight a film to watch.
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Writer Matthew Seidel got the chance to see the SXSW premiere of Blackberry in advance of its May 12th release date. Did the movie turn out better than the phone? Keep reading.
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Ari Aster’s “nightmare comedy” is giving critics sleepless nights, but is it a good movie? Does it even matter if it is?
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If one could turn a Boards of Canada album into a movie, it would look something like Enys Men.
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For viewers unfamiliar, Tsui Hark’s Green Snake is part of a proud tradition of Xianxia films. The big difference is that this one stars international superstar Maggie Cheung.
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Yeah, we’re thinking John Wick is back.
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Frankenhooker is not a good movie, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a great movie.
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This is a tale as old as time.
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Blood and Honey can’t live up to its own hype.
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Bite-sized movie reviews from the heart of Sundance
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Films from the American Atomic Age show us our cultural fears—and relationships to the mighty power of the atomic bomb.
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Brandon Cronenberg offers up body horror, class commentary, and Mia Goth to filmgoers… but does it all cohere in the end?
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